Fruitcake cap

Fruitcake Cap
By Candy Wheatcroft




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Materials

Stitch Marker
Cable Needle
Circular Needle 16" US7
Double Pointed US7
or (Knit Picks Interchangeable Circular Needle 40" US7
for Magic Loop Method)
Caron Simply Soft (Worsted Medium 4)

p-purl
k-knit
dec-decrease
sl-slip
rep-repeat
st(s)-stitch(s)
cbl-cable
cn-cable needle
k2tog-knit 2 together

Pattern
x o x x o x o x x x x o 6
x o o o o x o x x x x o 5
x o x x o x o x x x x o 4
x o o o o x o CC CC o 3
x o x x o x o x x x x o 2
x o o o o x o x x x x o 1
______12 st rep_______


x- knit
o- purl
CC CC- cable... sl 2 sts on cn hold in front, k2, k2 from cn.

Rnd 1 & 5; *p1, k4, p1, k1, p4, k1. rep from *
Rnd 2, 4, & 6; *p1, k4, p1, k1, p1, k2, p1, k1. rep from *
Rnd 3; *p1, cbl over 4 sts, p1, k1, p4, k1. rep from *


Instructions

Instructions for medium, large in ( ).

Cast 84 (96) stitches on circular, join and place marker to show beginning of each round.

p for 2 rnds
k for 1 rnd
Follow pattern for 4 inches
k for 1 rnd
p for 2 rnds
k for 3 rnds

Decreasing

rnd 1; * k10, k2tog, rep from * 77 (88)sts
rnd 2 & 3; k

rnd 4; * k9, k2tog, rep from * 70 (80)sts
rnd 5 & 6; k

rnd 7; * k8, k2tog, rep from * 63 (72)sts
rnd 8 & 9; k

rnd 10; * k7, k2tog, rep from * 56 (64)sts
rnd 11 & 12; k

rnd 13; * k6, k2tog, rep from * 49 (56)sts
rnd 14 & 15; k

rnd 16; * k5, k2tog, rep from * 42 (48)sts
rnd 16; k

rnd 18; * k4, k2tog, rep from * 35 (40)sts
rnd 19; k

rnd 20; * k3, k2tog, rep from * 28 (32)sts
rnd 21; k

rnd 22; * k2, k2tog, rep from * 21 (24)sts
rnd 23: k

rnd 24; * k1, k2tog, rep from * 14 (16)sts

rnd 25; * k2tog, rep from * 7 (8)sts

Finishing

Cut yarn leaving a long enough tail to weave into every stitch several times and pull tight. Weave the ends in.

© 2006 icandyarn. Candy Wheatcroft. All rights reserved.
Not to be used for commercial purpose or profit without permission.

On the Needles

Alrighty then.... Here it is the completed cap. It fits like a childs cap, so i'll have to go back to the drawing board and try making it a little larger. This cap is an eighty stitch cast on. I'll make one with a ninety stitch cast on using the same yarn.







Here is whats on the Needles. Last night I cast on for a chemo cap. I am making the pattern up as I go..hehehe. If all goes well, I'll share this free pattern.
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Chemo Caps

Here is a few Chemo Caps for my lovely friend. There is a brown one made out of T-shirt fabric. This one is for wearing to bed or under some of those itchy wool caps. I hope she will like them and "fingers crossed" they fit well.
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Double Pointed Knitting Needle Cases

Ok, here are a few of my handmade Folding Double Pointed Knitting Needle Cases. The Brown Retro Flower one is mine, But I will be making another to sell on Ebay. All the rest of them you see in the back ground will be up for auction on ebay soon. Seller id of course is...icandyarn.
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